I am cautiously placing rats again, to fanciers who are established, or well-referenced. Information can be found here: http://rodentfancy.com/pets/adoption-information/
I currently have some champagnes, russian blues, dumbos, teddies... mostly youngsters, but a few adults too. also a few American guinea pigs.
Also, I am testing out http://www.ProjectWonderful.com as an alternative to Google's adsense. It certainly is free of those nasty exterminator ads! If you have a website for your rodentry, jewellry, art, etc, check it out. You can place ads on Rodentfancy for as little as 1-cent per day. Currently I'm only doing small square ads, but I'm gradually testing out new stuff, to see what works best.
CHICAGO—A team of Filipino and American scientists have rediscovered a highly distinctive mammal—a greater dwarf cloud rat—that was last seen 112 years ago. Furthermore, it has never before been discovered in its natural habitat and was thought by some to be extinct.
The greater dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus) has dense, soft reddish-brown fur, a black mask around large dark eyes, small rounded ears, a broad and blunt snout, and a long tail covered with dark hair. An adult weighs about 185 grams.
“This beautiful little animal was seen by biologists only once previously—by a British researcher in 1896 who was given several specimens by local people, so he knew almost nothing about the ecology of the species,” said Lawrence Heaney, Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum and Project Leader. “Since then, the species has been a mystery, in part because there is virtually no forest left on Mt. Data, where it was first found.” Continue Reading »
